Entertainment Weekly, 01/21/2000, p.110, "...Everett effortlessly steals the show....As fresh as Wilde's delicious epigrams..." -- Rating: A-
New York Times, 06/18/1999, p.E18, "...Likable, handsome....Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant..."
Box Office, 07/01/1999, p.88, "...At once funny and romantic, heart-breaking and gloriously nerve-wracking....First-rate..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
USA Today, 06/18/1999, p.8E, "...Everett does indeed cut quite a figure in his well-appointed costumes. He's perfectly at ease..."
Los Angeles Times, 06/18/1999, p.F10, ...Exhilarating and elegant....Vital and buoyant, AN IDEAL HUSBAND continues in an impressive manner the resurgence of interest in Wilde..."
Rolling Stone, 7/8-22/1999, p.164, "...Vibrant acting....Driver is flighty fun in her scenes with Everett..."
Sight and Sound, 05/1999, p.49-50, "...The actors are superbly accoutered.....Rupert Everett performs an immaculate turn..."
Variety, 4/26-5/2/1999, p.43-4, "...Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top flight ensemble cast..."
Distributor Note
An Ideal Husband
Sexy leading man Rupert Everett (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING) heads an acclaimed all-star cast in this wonderfully witty story of decadence, romance, and scandal! Sir Robert (Jeremy Northam -- HAPPY TEXAS, MIMIC) is a highly respected politician whose spotless reputation is the pride of his beautiful wife (Cate Blanchett -- ELIZABETH) and adoring sister (Minnie Driver -- GOOD WILL HUNTING, GROSSE POINTE BLANK). But when an old acquaintance (Julianne Moore -- BOOGIE NIGHTS, THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK) threatens to reveal a dark secret from Robert's past, only his womanizing party-loving best friend Goring (Everett) is scheming and dishonest enough to come to his aid! Overwhelmingly acclaimed by critics -- you'll love this fresh, funny motion picture and its stellar ensemble as they elevate the art of blackmail to an elegant game of wit and passion!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Release Note
DVD Features:
Region 1 Encoding Keep Case Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Anamorphic Widescreen
Product Notes
Sir Robert Chiltern (Northam) is a successful Government minister with a loving wife. He is threatened when a lady (Moore) appears with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring (Everett), an apparently idle philanderer, who takes matters in hand in this wicked yet touching comedy, based on the play by Oscar Wilde.
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